Moving on Up 2023: Making an Impact with your Career - Museums Association

Moving on Up 2023: Making an Impact with your Career

23 March 2023, 1000-1630
People’s History Museum, Manchester

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

If you are mid-career, Moving on Up 2023 is the essential conference to give you a motivation boost, help you identify areas for progress, develop your networks and discover how you can demonstrate your impact in the sector. 

This event is for you if you work in any area of the museum sector, or are employed in a different sector looking to bring your skills and experience to a museum or heritage setting. It gives you the confidence, contacts and ideas to think innovatively and creatively about how you can progress your career and be a changemaker in the sector. 

By attending this event you will:

  • Hear about the career journeys of leaders in sector and find out their top tips for progression
  • Find out how best to take risks in your career
  • Learn how to acknowledge and deal with failure at work
  • Discuss how we can push the parameters of what leadership looks like in museums in 2023.
  • Learn from one another through peer mentoring as delegates will be asked to discuss common mid-career challenges, from feeling stuck to achieving a better work/life balance.
  • Have the chance to discuss topics and ideas raised at MOU with other delegates throughout the event as well as at networking at the end of the day. 

See what previous delegates said about the event on Twitter:

  • So much positive, constructive energy! #MOU2022
  • Great event from @MuseumsAssoc today. It was really nice to talk to people who feel the same as I do and gather some excellent advice about careers in museums
  • Thanks to all the speakers and panelists involved in #MOU2021 today and the @MuseumsAssoc for putting it all together! A really inspiring day with so much food for thought going forward as individuals and as a sector.
  • #MOU2021 has been fantastic. Some genuinely inspirational speakers and also a great feeling of camaraderie from attendees. Thanks

Follow the event on Twitter: #MOU2023

The day runs from 1000-1630. Registration will be from 0930.

Programme

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1000-1030
Chair welcome and icebreaker
Speakers:
Sahar Beyad
PR and Communications Officer, National Museums Liverpool
1030-1100
Keynote: Kully Thiarai

Kully Thiarai, Creative Director and CEO, Leeds 2023

1100-1120
Q&A with Kully Thiarai

Delegates will have the opportunity to put their questions to Kully Thiarai

1120-1150
Taking risks with your career

Becky Peters, Director (Interim), People’s History Museum, shares her career journey

1150-1215
Discussion

Delegates will discuss in groups where they have or could take greater risks in their career

1215-1245
Spheres of Influence

Gabrielle Heffernan, Director of Content, National Football Museum, facilitates this group discussion looking at how you can overcome challenges or barriers in your career.

Speakers:
Gabrielle Heffernan
Director of Content, National Football Museum
@gabbyheffernan
1300-1400
Lunch

A vegetarian/vegan lunch will be served in the Engine Hall. Delegates will also have the opportunity to visit the Nothing About Us Without Us exhibition

From 1315-1345, there will be networking and discussion opportunities facilitated by Tamsin Russell, Workforce Development Officer, Museums Association. These take place in the Coal Store and as places are limited, delegates will be asked to sign up in advance.

Speakers:
Tamsin Russell
Workforce Development Officer, Museums Association
@TamsinRussell
1400-1440
Learning from failure with FailSpace

David Stevenson, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, delivers a creative exercise from the AHRC-funded project FailSpace, exploring how the cultural sector can better recognise, acknowledge and learn from failure

For more information on how the session will work, please visit the FailSpace website

 

1440-1445
Move tables

Delegates will be asked to move tables (if they are able to) in order to help facilitate new conversations with different people

1445-1515
Peer Coaching

Tamsin Russell, Workforce Development Officer, Museums Association, leads an interactive exercise. Delegates will be asked to discuss in groups common mid-career challenges or situations, from feeling stuck to achieving a better work/life balance

Speakers:
Tamsin Russell
Workforce Development Officer, Museums Association
@TamsinRussell
1515-1545
Getting ready to lead: what does museum leadership look like in 2023?

Esme Ward, Director, Manchester Museum, and Nusrat Ahmed, Curator of South Asia Gallery, Manchester Museum, in conversation about how we can push the parameters of what leadership looks like in museums

Speakers:
Esme Ward
Director, Manchester Museum
Nusrat Ahmed
South Asia Gallery Lead, Manchester Museum
1545-1600
Discussion

Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss what they have heard

1600-1630
Reflection

As the end of the event approaches, Sahar Beyad will ask delegates to reflect on what they have heard and consider what they will take away from the day

Speakers:
Sahar Beyad
PR and Communications Officer, National Museums Liverpool
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Event fees

This event will take place in person.

Concessionary Member – £60
Member (Essential, Full, Institutional and Commercial members) – £80
Non-member – £120

Not a member? Join today and pay a discounted price for this event as well as receiving lots of other great benefits.

Inclusive event places

The Benevolent Fund will provide five free places to this event to individual members who face barriers due to ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, and gender identity or sexual orientation (LGBTQ).

These free places are part of our wider work towards creating a more inclusive sector. We will also support any accessibility requests such as provision of British Sign Language (BSL), audio description or closed captioning. The deadline to apply for an Inclusive Place is 12 noon on 9 March. Events inclusive places request form

Important booking information

Please sign in and check the email address on your profile before booking. Your confirmation and joining instruction emails will go to the email address you use to log in to the website. 

If you create a new record with a different email address your membership will not be recognised and you will be charged the incorrect fee. You can check and change your email address before booking.

Event details

Date 23 March 2023
Time 1000-1630
Location People’s History Museum
Manchester

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